Toure also says the Carabao Cup ball is worse than the Adidas Jabulani, the official ball of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa which was the subject of global scrutiny for being too light and bouncing too high.

The midfielder was part of the Ivory Coast squad for the tournament in 2010 and, having played with both balls, he says Mitre’s effort is worse.

“The World Cup one was better than this one,” he added. “A lot of players were complaining. The FA can try to do something because we just want to enjoy it. It’s difficult to play with these kind of balls but we try to find a way.”